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I still had some carrots left and I decided to make a carrot cake. Carrot cake is one of my favorite desserts and I especially like the cream cheese frosting. As I had never actually made a carrot cake before I went looking for a recipe and I came across this one that sounded good. I really liked that it included maple syrup in both the cake and the frosting. In an effort to make it a bit lighter I replaced some of the oil with apple sauce. I figured that the apple sauce would help keep the cake moist and it would also add some flavour. The carrot cake ended up tasting great and being nice and moist. The cake part was so nice that I really didn't mind the higher cake to frosting ratio. The maple flavour in both the cake and the frosting was also really nice. I will be making this again. Must not eat any more slices today...

I made this cake today and everyone loved the fact that there was very little white sugar. I did have trouble getting the frosting smooth. There always seemed to be small bits of cream cheese. Good cake!

Rian G.: Sorry for the confusion there! The recipe as written is for a 9x5 inch loaf pan and I was musing about doing it as bars in a 9x9 inch pan rather than as a loaf. If you want bars, you can use the recipe as written in a 9x9 inch pan and they will be about an inch tall and the baking time will be less. I would start pushing the toothpick into the center to see if it comes out clean (indicating that it is done baking) at around 25 minutes.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.